Citation: “Finance Think: EC Report introduces a strongly critical tone on the conduct of fiscal policy and public finances in the previous year”
Citation: „SHARP CRITICISM FROM THE EC ON THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC FINANCES AND STATE AID – Finance Think with a review of the remarks from the report“
📣Read out newest FT #Comment 39, on the economic part of the EC Progress Report
‼️ Critical Points in Economic Reforms Highlighted in the Report:
- Fiscal Risks 💸: Increased and insufficiently monitored overdue and unsettled obligations.
- Fiscal Rules 📜: Non-compliance ahead of the start of their implementation (January 1, 2025).
- Inflation and Policies 📈💼: Misaligned expansive fiscal and contractive monetary measures.
- Public Finance Reforms 🕰️: Slow progress and implementation of public finance management reforms.
- Budget Transparency 👀: Low level below the global average.
- Informal Economy 🌐🛠️: Insufficient progress in tackling unregistered work and partially declared wages.
- State Aid 🤝: Unsatisfactory transparency and efficiency, with weak competencies in the Competition Protection Commission.
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Citation: “Women are an untapped potential in the labor market”
FT Comment no. 39 on the economic part of the European Commission Progress Report on the Republic of North Macedonia 2024
Interview: “Petreski: In a situation of exhausted fiscal space, we are operating at the psychological limit of public debt of GDP of 60%, a figure that will be exceeded next year”
In an interview for Lokalno.mk, prof. Petreski speaks on current economic topics
A paper in Economic Annals, regional journal in Scopus
📓 A segment from our #study on Policy 5️⃣1️⃣: Fiscal Space in the Western Balkans: Evidence from the Recent Multilayered Crisis has been published in the regional scientific journal Economic Annals.
“The Fiscal Space and the Fiscal Stimulus During Crisis in the Western Balkans”. Economic Annals, 69(242), p.7-25.
The journal is indexed in Scopus.
🖇 doi.org/10.2298/EKA2442007P
The study was conducted with the support of SMART Balkans.
“The Fiscal Space and the Fiscal Stimulus During Crisis in the Western Balkans”. Economic Annals, 69(242), p.7-25.
The journal is indexed in Scopus.
🖇 doi.org/10.2298/EKA2442007P
The study was conducted with the support of SMART Balkans.
Citation: „Putting out social fires does not bring economic growth“
Blagica Petreski in the podcast “Where’s the Money with Goran Temenugov”
1/4 (quarter) of women are housewives and outside the labor market
Around 250,000 women in the country are housewives and outside the labor market, at a time when companies are importing workers from abroad. A scientific study by “Finance Think” uncovered the reasons why women are not working, but also provided guidelines on how this situation can be changed. For this study, as well as the government’s fiscal policy, Goran Temenugov spoke with Blagica Petreski from Finance Think on the podcast “Where’s the Money?” on Pari.com.mk.